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Válek, Miroslav: Šachy

Portre of Válek, Miroslav

Šachy (Slovak)

Ak sadnete si z dlhej chvíle k šachom
pre šťastie lebo pre sklamanie hrať,
nezabúdajte, že je problém, na kom
záleží vaše šťastie či pád.

Neukazujte svojmu súperovi päty
a dámu strážte, ak ju máte rád.
Nepúšťajte ju samu na výlety
- nevieme nikdy, čo sa môže stať.

Nakoniec sa to zvrtne na zákone,
že silu umu zmôže sila zrád.
V partii často vyhrávajú kone;
jedine kráľ však môže dostať mat.



Uploaded byRépás Norbert
PublisherKALLIGRAM, Edícia: Knižnica slovenskej literatúry
Source of the quotationMiroslav Válek - Básnické dielo, ISBN: 80-7149-795-9
Bookpage (from–to)61-61
Publication date

Chess (English)

If you sit yourself to the chess to pass time,
to try luck or taste a loss,
remember that it matters who guards the line,
which man triumphs or which one falls.

Seeing a rival, don’t take to your heels
and guard your queen if you care for her.
Don’t let her go alone for trips
 – one never knows what might happen there.

Eventually it always turns on laws,
despite all one’s wit, a betrayal brings the fate. 
At a match often triumphs the horse;
though only the king can get check mate.



Uploaded byRépás Norbert
PublisherAmazon Kindle Edition
Source of the quotationCollection of Poems: Miroslav Válek, ASIN: B00V6YBLWK
Bookpage (from–to)Kindle Locations 145-151
Publication date

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